The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-09
The County Editor.

NesAAN VI ihSdAS3 WIFI sOunu DOuY
and a chance to cultivate his neigh
boris potato patch and hen roost
after night, should ever want to be a
country editor, is more than the
wisest pundit can tell"
1t is very true that the life of the
country editor, is not made up Of
eating sample apples, grapes, and
cake, and lacks, in many instances.
JOY and a Golfer full of shekles. He
is expected to give all the news
local and otherwise in his paper, and
therefore, he hustles, catchers the
events as they happen, and after
clothing himself with the facts,
writes them up" He is sought
alter, and many whisper what is
supposed to be confidential secrecy.
but at the same time local or edi-
torial notice is looked for when the
paper makes its appearance. The
ever recurring strawberry festival,
church fairs, anniversaries, and a
hundred other annual events must
have II free local, and the editor is
expected to pay for what he gets like
other ordinary people, and if notices
have been struck off announcing
such festival, fair, etc, a reduction
of fifty per cent on the dollar is ask
ed, and generally gotten. All these
things are spiced in to make the life
OF the editor full of joy. If the
editor is single man (and will
remain so, because young ladies
seem to know all about how they
would have to live, and therefore.
we advise a man to get married
before going into the sanctum of the
country journal, because chances are
slim, indeed, after becoming an
EDITOR, his company is needed more
by the young folks than married
one. He must be invited to all
gatherings and there exert himself
to find out the names of all present,
because a long list will be looked for
when the paper is issued. The beau
tiful and stylish Miss Nobody, and
the handsome Mr.. Somebody were
present. When the paper is sent out
Il full column tell of what was done.
who there, and lengthy paragraph
on the table 'that groaned under its
load Of delicious cake and viandsn
An editor very seldom gets left at
the table, and as the boys say, "it is
a cold day" when he does. He is
not partial to cake. and if weddings
are numerous in the country or
town, a slice or two is traded for a
twenty line local Occasionally a
farmer, whose apple or grape crop
has been prolific, will diop in with
a basket on his arm, which the
editor eyes wistfully, goes and
shakes hands cordially, and offers
the only chair in the sanctum to the
visitor. OF course the farmer must
be thanked, which is done Just as
soon as the paper is printed. This
goes to make the life of the country
editor endurablc. Aiter the visitor
has disappeared behind the door.
a dive is made for the basket, and as
IA contcnted and happy man
munches apples, visions rises before
him, and he sees apple orchards and
grape arbors and he can recall many
nocturnal visits to these orchards.
But this dream is rudely brushed
aside. The Office door crcaks again
and in walks the daily visitor. We
all know him. The apples instantly
disappear, and the editor is at work
again. The visitor only wants to
look over the exchanges. While
busy trying to solve whether Mr..
So-and-So owes for one or two
years subscription, or grinding out
sidc-splitting locals, or writing the
last account of some mortal who has
become an angel, or making out
bills to delinquent subscribers. the
visitor will try to amuse the editor
by reading something to him very
amusing from the Teras .Sihinqs. or
ask the editors opinion on the out
look for Il boom in horseshoe nails
or some silly question. All these
little things make life pleasant. 1t
puzzles the editor as to how delin-
quent subscribers can be brought to
see that the paper sent him for the
last three or four years should be
paid tor Kindly notices are inserted
first in the local column in small
type this does not have the desir-
ed effect, and then loaded long
primer notices are placed at the
head of the editorial and local
columns, stating in concise words
what is expected of delinquents.
All amounts to nothing. At last let
tiers are sent,-several dollars spent
in postage-but no returns. At this